Bova is used as a family name or surname in Russia. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bova
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Russia
Meaning: Quite common in Italy, especially in southern Calabria and Messina in the region, the name means one who is a native of Bova (Greek VUA), locality of the province of Reggio Calabria.

How popular is Bova?

Bova is common in Russia.

Bova is ranked 34106 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Bovas plummeted by 1.785714 per cent to 3465 since 2000 and slipped by 798 spots and ranked at 9384. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.74 95.1
Hispanic or Latino 2.28 1.11
Others 1.53 1.28
Black 1.41 1.22
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.63 0.57
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.4 0.74
Bova is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Italy which signifies that it is originated from Italy. Around 14601 people have been found who wears Bova as their family name. Bova is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,411 Czech Republic8
662 New Caledonia3
32,086 Mexico3
723,167 Indonesia2
7,299 Estonia2
23,344 Austria2
24,766 Scotland2
11,923 Slovenia1
25,721 Egypt1
10,683 Cyprus1
34,581 Chile1
19,810 Croatia1
8,181 Botswana1
30,360 Thailand1
7,191 Afghanistan1
3,350 Fiji1
8,859 Iraq1
49,529 Israel1
7,895 South Korea1
77,122 Sweden1
24,421 Slovakia1
53,505 Turkey1
47,891 Norway1
118,015 Netherlands1
16,073 Latvia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
29,046 Japan1
50,549 Georgia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
22,595 Moldova19
32,484 Kyrgyzstan16
86,938 Spain14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
30,113 Kazakhstan81
56,973 South Africa73
15,572 Switzerland72
9,536 Finland72
232,741 India55
Countries with hundreds of Bova:
11,024 Argentina493
7,858 Uzbekistan454
37,175 France269
10,689 Australia260
42,856 Brazil254
17,540 Canada208
59,024 Germany168
13,485 Zimbabwe135
13,217 Belarus111
38,707 England108
Countries with thousands of Bova:
1,983 Italy4,669
8,401 United States4,456
3,821 Ukraine1,498
16,373 Russia1,050
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

7 years old A. Bova who was residing in Italy migrated to New York on March 12, 1890 by Alsatia put out from Naples. A. Bova, House woman Agostina Bova, 15 years old Agostina Bova, Agostino Bova, aged 2, 9 years old Agostino Bova, Agostino Bova, 15 years old Agostino Bova, 15 years old Agostino Bova, and 306 other Bova majority of whom were laborer and others worked as fisherman and country man, sailor, barber, daughter, housewife, tailor, peasant, country woman, domestic, shoemaker, housekeeper, servant, seaman migrated to US from Messina & Naples, Naples & Palermo, Mediterranean Ports and Trieste & Palermo.

Bova Namesakes

  • AJ Bovaird, Musician
  • Raoul Bova, Actor
  • Lucas Bovaglio, Soccer player
  • Annie Bovaird, Actress
  • Ben Bova, Author
  • Annie Bovaird, Actress
  • Jeff Bova, Keyboardist
  • Annie Bovaird, Actress
  • Raoul Bova, Actor
  • Julie Bovasso, Actress

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